, 1887-06-29
TOW TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

Throughout the City.
Board of trade meeting at s o o'clock this
evening in city hall.
Judge Bergman was yesterday engaged
in settling the Updyke estate.
1t was quite cool yesterday, the highest
temperature being ITO. The lowest was
$40.
Died, at San Rafael, Cal, June %,
Geo. W. Force, brother of VIM. H. Force,
of this city.
The sign "Froggs Leggs." mentioned
in these columns recently, has been al
tered and now reads "Froags Leges."
Attorney j. B. Adams, of Douglas, was
yesterday Admitted to practice at the bar
OF the court of the first judicial district.
L. Schwarzschild, of the toy and fancy
goods importing house of l.. B. Fergen
baum, is at Dyer's hotel. This is the
gentleman's first business trip to Chey-
enne.
A new base ball club has been formed
and will soon play a game with the Fort
Russell nine. A member of the new
team says it is composed of ball players,
and will defeat the soldiers.
1t is more than probable that the cham
pion base ball clubs of the League and
American Association will play an exhibit
ton game in this city while en- route to
California at the close of the season.
IA circular received from the Burlington
Il Missouri headquarters at Omaha an
nounces the opening on last Sunday of
the Cheyenne line" to Grant, which is
seventy one miles west of Curtis or about
the Colorado line.
The projectors of last Sundays picnic
netted a trife over $3.50 for their pains.
The members of the city band, who were
offered the net receipts if they would &C
company the excursion, are out back of
the park kicking themselves.
Fred Welcome, the murderer of Turner,
will be hanged shortly, having recently
been sentenced for the fourth time. Wei
come was captured by I. jeff Carr while
in this city shortly after the commission
of the crime for which he is to be exc
cuted.
Senator Hall, of Pennsylvania, and
Judge Green, of Philadelphia, together
with a party of friends, came up in a spe-
cial car from Denver last night and pro-
ceeded westward. Alaska is their ulti-
nota laoftnati,n uuLa,a H., Ill z-z.l
several months hunting and fishing.
Prof. Dennison, of Michigan, will be
unable to attend and preside over the
next session of the territorial institute, and
efforts are being made to secure Prof.
Comfy. Of the university faculty, to act in
his stead. Prof. Comfy is at present pre-
siding over meetings of a similar character
in Kansas.
All can rest easy now. Old John Rob
inson's circus will be here July 9 as adyer-
tised. Mr.. o. A. Cass, the veteran spe-
cial agent Of the attraction, came up from
Denver last night, nc c%or1panied by a force
of men for the purpose Of thoroughly bill
ing Cheyenne and vicinity and making
final arrangements for the appearance OF
the big show.
The city council met at their chamber
in the city hall yesterday afternoon to hear
complaints of parties aggrieved at the val
uation placed on their property. It was a
busy session, there being a large number
of objections made. The board adjourned
till this afternoon at a late hour last night,
after struggling a couple of hours with
Mr.. Murray, the Union Pacific tax agent.
The county clerk Yesterday took a step
i'll a gopher bounty case which may bring
the matter before tie courts for the pur-
pose Of hearing a judicial Interpretation of
the law. A gentleman in the city pre-
scented an installment of scalps sent to him
from the country, and was refused the
usual bounty on the ground that the law
provides that the parties killing the ami
mails shall present them. When last seen
the disappointed gentleman was consult
ing an attorney.
1t is an unfortunate fact, but a fact new
ertheless, that the average American is
apt to swear upon very slight provocation.
1t is also a deplorable truth that profanity
is often used in the neighborhood of pub
lie places in this city, where it is often
heard by those whose sense of delIcacy
makes it abhorrent TO them. This ours.
ing without regard to surroundings or
locality is al act unworthy a gentleman,
and others should be prevented from so
doing, if possible.
Found.